Papa Roach: Scars Meaning

Scars Lyrics

I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut
My weakness is that I care too much
And my scars remind me that the past is real
I tear my heart open just to feel

Drunk and I'm feeling down
And I just wanna be alone
I'm pissed cause you came...

1. anonymous

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   Dec 8th 2006 !⃝

   after reading all these interpratations, I think that there was some problem with an alcoholic girlfriend or lover. eventualy the issue blew up one night and as a result he self harmed himeself and ended up in the hosspuital, and also, in the concernt in Chicago he screams out befor the song that " this song is about a horrible fucking night in vagus, that changed my life"
2. anonymous

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   Oct 16th 2006 !⃝

   I agree with evildarkness2666
   
   
   macayla
3. Carly

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   Jun 20th 2006 !⃝

   I think that this song is about an ex-girlfriend and the guy is trying to help her with a drinking problem. He finally sees that it's totally useless and he ends up getting fucked trying to help her. He's pissed because his weakness is wanting to help her.

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4. Shadowed_Angel

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   Apr 2nd 2006 !⃝

   I have not actually seen the video; so without seeing it I think that it's about someone he knows who is self harming, I believe he is implying that he used to cut and he is trying to help the 'person' because he can see his own scars and he doesn't want that to happen to them.
   It's a very powerful song, and I can really relate to this!

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5. anonymous

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   Mar 17th 2006 !⃝

   The song is about trying to help someone who really doesn't want you to help them. The lead singer wrote it after he self-harmed himself and ended up in the hospital in Las Vegas one night.
6. ILuvKurtCobain

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   Feb 19th 2006 !⃝

   Wha the hell?? Buddy, I think you got the whole interpretation wrong. What the hell does a country and the devil have to do with "I tear my heart open and sow myself shut". That's all about love and breakup. Someone making a big effort in the relationship but the other person doesn't see that.

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7. anonymous

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   Feb 17th 2006 !⃝

   If you don't get distracted by the song vid clip's visuals or drowned by the guitar's heavy riffing....
   
   The song is speak of the devil himself. About his plans how to bring up the lost israel nation back, by manipulating history and spreading false fact to the human race so that they use feelings as their guidance which will led then astray and weak. Drinking liquor is make a norm to the world by shouting the word drunk out loud. He thought that one day he could say to the world that the israel's were better race compared to others when moral value is gone in the human hearts.
   
   He forgot... The Almighty plan is above all plans...
   
   >Naz<

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8. lilpinkelephant7

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   Feb 3rd 2006 !⃝

   The person is trying to help someone and they don't want to be helped and it's tearing him apart

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9. anonymous

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   Jan 29th 2006 !⃝

   I agree with Annonymous.. lol
   
   It's not about a girl who had a drinking problem.. It's about a breakup. Drinking is problably a result of the heartache caused by trying to make things right but basically getting it thrown back at your face.
   
   All I can say is that I can relate.

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10. anonymous

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    Jan 4th 2006 !⃝

    Basically it's about someone in a relationship that took the wrong path and screwed up with their life. Like anyone in a relationship they helped their loved one but that person didn't appreciate it or realize it. That loved one felt helpless and its also destroying their life. This person did almost everything as it says in the lyrics "I tear my heart open" but they still seem to ignore it. So in the end they say well I got to move on with my own life and they break up.
11. anonymous

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    Nov 18th 2005 !⃝

    I think everyone's interpretation on this song was based on the video. I just watched it and what everyone said fit the video exactly. Sometimes artists make the video different than what they originally wrote the song about. I'm not saying that is the case, I don't know. When I heard this song before I saw the video, my friend and I came to the conclusion that it was about a guy who had either cut himself in the past or had a friend who was cutting him/her self. That is what the lyrics sound like, but then if you watch the video it is about the alcoholic girlfriend, and so I don't know what it is. I guess the best place to find out would be to ask the writer!
12. music_is_my_life

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    Nov 16th 2005 !⃝

    This song is about how you can't change your past-"these scars remind me that the past is real" And that some people will do anything to try to forget it-"I'd tear my heart open, I'd sew myself shut" (these may not be the exact lyrics, but close enough). And how some people focus to much on their problems too have a life. "my weakness is that I care too much" And how some people want help for these problems, instead of fixing them by themselves-"GO FIX YOURSELF!!!I can't help you fix yourself, but at least I can say I tried, I'm sorry but I gotta move on with my own life"
13. Punx_not_dead

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    Oct 30th 2005 !⃝

    I may have this tendency to interpret this into many songs, but I think this song contains some definite implications of self harming. Maybe the whole thing about the drinking ex-girlfriend is true and a major part, but when he sings: "I tear my heart open, I sew myself shut
    [...]
    My scars remind me that the past is real
    I tear my heart open just to feel"
    
    He describes quite accurately what self harmers feel, tearing his heart open (or hurting himself, tearing his flesh open) only to be able to feel anything at all, but at the same time "sewing himself shut",(bottling up feelings of anxiety and aggression) and the scars remind him of everything that's happened... that was my first thought when I heard it, especially since there are indications of self injury in "last resort", too. "Don't give a fuck if I cut my arm bleeding".
14. anonymous

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    Oct 25th 2005 !⃝

    I've had my problems and I've moved on from that. I'm trying to be somebody so don't bring me down with yours. (drinking problems)

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15. anonymous

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    Oct 5th 2005 !⃝

    Again, I think it is about a break up... can I ask why so many people think the girlfriend had a drinking problem? Because he says he's drunk, that is a very literal interpretation.
    
    I think that his ex was in some kind of trouble, I'm thinking depression or she has some kind of issue that she has to fix by herself. He loves her still, that's why he's drunk, on the memories of them. Her or his memories keep coming back and "he just wants to be alone", and the painful memories of how much he loves her keep coming back, so he tears himself open to feel how much love was there, but ends up hurting himself more, making the break up harder to deal with. He wants to move on, "cant help you fix yourself.." He cares too much, because he still loves her. She didn't understand why he loves her still, she doesn't love him anymore, and she doesn't know why he is still in pain.... what do you think about all that then?
    *Sunken Lullaby*

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